712-0138/01 – Business English I (A-BE/I)

Gurantor departmentInstitute of LanguagesCredits5
Subject guarantorMgr. Zuzana TrawinskáSubject version guarantorMgr. Zuzana Trawinská
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year1Semesterwinter
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2009/2010Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
ADA0250 Mgr. Jana Adámková, Ph.D.
JUR21 Mgr. Radka Juříčková, Ph.D.
SPU0044 Mgr. Kateřina Spurná
TRA0015 Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit 0+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim is to acquire communication skill in business English with the output level B2-C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Teaching methods

Tutorials

Summary

Business Partner B2 + Students will learn to distinguish different market research methods, to prepare a needs analysis, and acquire language appropriate for negotiating agreements and collaboration. Students will also get familiar with the vocabulary of mobile banking and will learn to distinguish types of presentation styles, and how to write a complaint.

Compulsory literature:

DUBICKA, I., ROSENBERG, M., DIGNEN, B., HOGAN, M., WRIGHT, L. Business Partner B2+: Coursebook with Digital Resources. 1st ed. Pearson: Pearson Education Limited, 2019, 160 s. ISBN 978-1-292-23357-4. MCCARTHY, Michael; Felicity O‘DELL. Business Vocabulary in Use: Upper-intermediate Book with Answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, 280 s. ISBN 978-1-316-63175-1. TURNBULL, J. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary: Paperback + DVD + Premium Online Access Code. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, 1948 s. ISBN 978-0-194-79879-2.

Recommended literature:

MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use 3rd Edition with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-53762-9. MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-316-62998-7. Mobilní aplikace: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD9)

Additional study materials

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Zápočtový test E-learning Presentation

E-learning

Other requirements

Active participation during tutorials, the completion of assigned written and oral tasks, terminology testing, 80% attendance, min. test result: 65 %. Students are required to learn the given vocabulary and be familiar with the grammatical phenomena discussed in the seminars. Students will master both vocabulary and knowledge needed for their future careers. Teachers will check the progress by tests.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Business Partner B2+: Units 1 - 3 1 Market research methods 2 Making requests and expressing polite commands 3 Different ways of carrying out a needs analysis 4 Responding effectively to questions during and after a presentation, question tags 5 Collaboration and mentoring in the workplace 6 Negotiation phrases 7 The negotiation of an agreement 8 Cleft sentences 9 Formal correspondence 10 Banking and personal finance 11 Phrasal verbs 12 Presentation styles, a letter of complaint 13 Credit Test

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2009/2010 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation Credit   3
Mandatory attendence participation: - active participation in the lessons - compulsory attendance - 80 % - working out of assigned tasks - passing e-learning course successfully (75% each module)

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: - active participation in the seminars, required attendance 60 % - working out of assigned tasks - self-study of the relevant units from the textbook - passing e-learning course successfully (75% each module)

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2023/2024 (B0413A050047) Business Administration P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
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2019/2020 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
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2013/2014 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R174) European Business Studies P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan

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